2019 Indian general election in Bihar

Indian general election, 2019 in Bihar
11, 18, 23, 29 April, 6, 12 and 19 May 2019.
All 40 constituencies from Bihar to the Lok Sabha
Turnout57.33% (1.07%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Nityanand Rai Nitish Kumar Ram Vilas Paswan
Party BJP JD(U) LJP
Alliance NDA NDA NDA
Leader's seat Ujiarpur (Won) Did not contest Did not contest
Last election 22 2 6
Seats won 17 16 6
Seat change 5 14
Percentage 23.58 21.81 7.86
Swing 5.82 6.01 1.46
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Lalu Prasad Yadav Kanhaiya Kumar
Party INC RJD CPI
Alliance UPA UPA Left front
Leader's seat Did not contest Begusarai (lost)
Last election 2 4 0
Seats won 1 0 0
Seat change 1 4
Percentage 7.70 15.36
Swing 0.7 4.74
Bihar

Election Schedule

The constituency-wise election schedule is as follows:

Phase Poll Date Constituencies Voter Turnout (%)
1 11 April Aurangabad, Gaya, Nawada, Jamui 53.44[1]
2 18 April Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Banka 62.92[1]
3 23 April Jhanjharpur, Supaul, Araria, Madhepura, Khagaria 61.20[1]
4 29 April Darbhanga, Ujiarpur, Samastipur, Begusarai, Munger 59.27[1]
5 06 May Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Saran, hajipur 57.08[1]
6 12 May Valmiki Nagar, Paschim Champaran, Purvi Champaran, Sheohar, Vaishali, Gopalganj, Siwan, Maharajganj
7 19 May Nalanda, Patna Sahib, Pataliputra, Arrah, Buxar, Sasaram, Karakat, Jahanabad

Alliances
NDA Seat Sharing
UPA Seat Sharing
# Constituency Candidates[2][3][4][5][6]
NDA

  BJP (17)   JD(U) (17)   LJP (6)

 UPA

  RJD (19)   INC (9)   RLSP (5)   HAM(3)   VIP (3)

 Left Front

  CPI (M-L) (4)   SUCI (5)   CPI (1)   CPI (M) (1)   AIFB (3)   RSPI (1)

1 Valmiki Nagar Baidyanath Prasad Mahto Shashwat Kedar
2 Paschim Champaran Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal Brajesh Kumar Kushwaha
3 Purvi Champaran Radha Mohan Singh Akash Kumar Singh
4 Sheohar Rama Devi Syed Faisal Ali
5 Sitamarhi Sunil Kumar Pintu Arjun Rai   AIFB Braj Kishor
6 Madhubani Ashok Kumar Yadav Badrinath Purve DNF
7 Jhanjharpur Ramprit Mandal Gulab Yadav   AIFB Surendra Prasad Suman
8 Supaul Dileshwar Kamait Ranjeet Ranjan DNF
9 Araria Pradeep Kumar Singh Sarfaraz Alam DNF
10 Kishanganj Mahmood Ashraf Mohammad Jawed DNF
11 Katihar Dulal Chandra Goswami Tariq Anwar DNF
12 Purnia Santosh Kumar Kushwaha Uday Singh

(aka Pappu Singh)

 DNF
13 Madhepura Dinesh Chandra Yadav Sharad Yadav DNF
14 Darbhanga Gopal Jee Thakur Abdul Bari Siddiqui DNF
15 Muzaffarpur Ajay Nishad Dr. Rajbhushan Chaudhury Nishad   AIFB Anirudh Singh
  SUCI Mohamad Idris
16 Vaishali Veena Devi Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
17 Gopalganj (SC) Dr. Alok Kumar Suman Surendra Ram
18 Siwan Kavita Singh Hena Shahab   CPI (M-L) Amar Nath Yadav
19 Maharajganj Janardan Singh Sigriwal Randhir Singh
20 Saran Rajiv Pratap Rudy Chandrika Rai DNF
21 Hajipur (SC) Pashupati Kumar Paras Shiv Chandra Ram   SUCI Jibas Paswan
22 Ujiarpur Nityanand Rai Upendra Kushwaha   CPI (M) Ajay Kumar
23 Samastipur (SC) Ram Chandra Paswan Dr. Ashok Kumar DNF
24 Begusarai Giriraj Singh Tanveer Hasan   CPI Kanhaiya Kumar
25 Khagaria Mehboob Ali Kaiser Mukesh Sahni DNF
26 Bhagalpur Ajay Kumar Mandal Bulo Mandal   SUCI Deepak Kumar
27 Banka Giridhari Yadav Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav DNF
28 Munger Lalan Singh Neelam Devi   RSPI Uchit Kumar
  SUCI Vikash Kumar Arya
29 Nalanda Kaushalendra Kumar Ashok Kumar Azad Chandravanshi
30 Patna Sahib Ravi Shankar Prasad Shatrughan Sinha
31 Pataliputra Ram Kripal Yadav Misa Bharti CPI (M-L) supports RJD
32 Arrah Raj Kumar Singh RJD supports CPI (M-L)   CPI (M-L) Raju Yadav
33 Buxar Ashwini Kumar Choubey Jagdanand Singh
34 Sasaram (SC) Chhedi Paswan Meira Kumar
35 Karakat Mahabali Singh Upendra Kushwaha   CPI (M-L) Rajaram Singh
36 Jahanabad Chandreshwar Prasad Chandravanshi Surendra Yadav   CPI (M-L) Kunti Devi
37 Aurangabad Sushil Kumar Singh Upendra Prasad DNF
38 Gaya (SC) Vijay Kumar Manjhi Jeetan Ram Manjhi DNF
39 Nawada Chandan Kumar Vibha Devi DNF
40 Jamui (SC) Chirag Paswan Bhudev Chaudhary   SUCI Pankaj Kumar Das

Opinion Poll
Date published Polling agency Lead
NDA UPA
06 April 2019 IndiaTV - CNX 29 11 18
05 April 2019 Republic TV - Jan Ki Baat 31 9 22
Jan 2019 ABP News - CVoter 35 5 30
Nov 2018 ABP News - CVoter 34 6 28
Oct 2018 ABP News - CSDS 22 18 4
31 9 22
Date published Polling agency Others Lead
NDA UPA
Jan 2019 Republic TV - CVoter 45.1% 37.5% 17.4% 7.6%

Results
17 16 6 1
BJP JD(U) LJP INC

Party-wise
Name of Party Vote Share % Change Seats won Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA) 23.58% -5.82 17 5
Janata Dal (United) (NDA) 21.81% +6.01 16 14
Lok Janshakti Party (NDA) 7.86% +1.46 6
Rashtriya Janata Dal (UPA) 15.36% -4.74 0 4
Indian National Congress (UPA) 7.70% -0.7 1 1
Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (UPA) --- --- 0 3
Nationalist Congress Party 0.1% -1.1 0 1

Alliance wise
Alliance Seats Contested Seats Won Seat Change Votes Vote % Swing
  NDA 40 39 9 21,729,246 53.25%
  UPA 39 1 9 30.76%
  Left Front 12 0
  NOTA - - - 2.00%
Total 39,989,711
Source:

Constituency-wise Results
No. Constituency Turnout[7] Winner Party Runner-up Party Margin
1 Valmiki Nagar 61.98 Baidyanath Prasad Mahto Janata Dal (United) Shashwat Kedar Indian National Congress 354616
2 Paschim Champaran 62.02 Sanjay Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party Brijesh Kumar Kushwaha Rashtriya Lok Samta Party 293906
3 Purvi Champaran 60.30 Radha Mohan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Akash Kumar Singh Rashtriya Lok Samta Party 293648
4 Sheohar 59.60 Rama Devi Bharatiya Janata Party Syed Faisal Ali Rashtriya Janata Dal 340360
5 Sitamarhi 59.38 Sunil Kumar Pintu Janata Dal (United) Arjun Rai Rashtriya Janata Dal 250539
6 Madhubani 53.81 Ashok Kumar Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party Badri Kumar Purbey Vikassheel Insaan Party 454940
7 Jhanjharpur 57.35 Ramprit Mandal Janata Dal (United) Gulab Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 322951
8 Supaul 65.72 Dileshwar Kamait Janata Dal (United) Ranjeet Ranjan Indian National Congress 266853
9 Araria 64.79 Pradeep Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Sarfaraz Alam Rashtriya Janata Dal 137241
10 Kishanganj 66.38 Mohammad Jawed Indian National Congress Syed Mahmood Ashraf Janata Dal (United) 34466
11 Katihar 67.64 Dulal Chandra Goswami Janata Dal (United) Tariq Anwar Indian National Congress 57203
12 Purnia 65.37 Santosh Kumar Janata Dal (United) Uday Singh Indian National Congress 263461
13 Madhepura 60.89 Dinesh Chandra Yadav Janata Dal (United) Sharad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 301527
14 Darbhanga 58.35 Gopal Jee Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party Abdul Bari Siddiqui Rashtriya Janata Dal 267979
15 Muzaffarpur 61.17 Ajay Nishad Bharatiya Janata Party Raj Bhushan Singh Vikassheel Insaan Party 409988
16 Vaishali 61.91 Veena Devi Lok Janshakti Party Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 234584
17 Gopalganj 55.78 Alok Kumar Suman Janata Dal (United) Surendra Ram Rashtriya Janata Dal 286434
18 Siwan 54.73 Kavita Singh Janata Dal (United) Hena Shahab Rashtriya Janata Dal 116958
19 Maharajganj 53.82 Janardan Singh Sigriwal Bharatiya Janata Party Randhir Kumar Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 230772
20 Saran 56.60 Rajiv Pratap Rudy Bharatiya Janata Party Chandrika Roy Rashtriya Janata Dal 138429
21 Hajipur 55.26 Pashupati Kumar Paras Lok Janshakti Party Shiv Chandra Ram Rashtriya Janata Dal 205449
22 Ujiarpur 60.15 Nityanand Rai Bharatiya Janata Party Upendra Kushwaha Rashtriya Lok Samta Party 277278
23 Samastipur 60.74 Ram Chandra Paswan Lok Janshakti Party Dr. Ashok Kumar Indian National Congress 251643
24 Begusarai 62.63 Giriraj Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Kanhaiya Kumar Communist Party of India 422217
25 Khagaria 57.71 Mehboob Ali Kaiser Lok Janshakti Party Mukesh Sahani Vikassheel Insaan Party 248570
26 Bhagalpur 57.20 Ajay Kumar Mandal Janata Dal (United) Shailesh Kumar Rashtriya Janata Dal 277630
27 Banka 58.60 Giridhari Yadav Janata Dal (United) Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 200532
28 Munger 54.90 Rajiv Ranjan Singh Janata Dal (United) Nilam Devi Indian National Congress 167937
29 Nalanda 54.79 Kaushalendra Kumar Janata Dal (United) Ashok Kumar Azad Hindustani Awam Morcha 256137
30 Patna Sahib 45.80 Ravi Shankar Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party Shatrughan Sinha Indian National Congress 284657
31 Pataliputra 56.03 Ram Kripal Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party Misa Bharti Rashtriya Janata Dal 39321
32 Arrah 51.81 R. K. Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Raju Yadav Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) 147285
33 Buxar 53.95 Ashwini Kumar Choubey Bharatiya Janata Party Jagadanand Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 117609
34 Sasaram 54.57 Chhedi Paswan Bharatiya Janata Party Meira Kumar Indian National Congress 165745
35 Karakat 49.09 Mahabali Singh Janata Dal (United) Upendra Kushwaha Rashtriya Lok Samta Party 84542
36 Jahanabad 51.76 Chandreshwar Prasad Janata Dal (United) Surendra Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 1751
37 Aurangabad 53.67 Sushil Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Upendra Prasad Hindustani Awam Morcha 72607
38 Gaya 56.18 Vijay Kumar Janata Dal (United) Jitan Ram Manjhi Hindustani Awam Morcha 152426
39 Nawada 49.73 Chandan Singh Lok Janshakti Party Vibha Devi Rashtriya Janata Dal 148072
40 Jamui 55.25 Chirag Paswan Lok Janshakti Party Bhudeo Choudhary Rashtriya Lok Samta Party 241049

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties
Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 2020 election)
Bharatiya Janata Party 96 74
Janata Dal (United) 92 43
Lok Janshakti Party 35 01
Rashtriya Janata Dal 9 75
Indian National Congress 5 19
Hindustani Awam Morcha 2 4
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 2 5
CPI (ML) Liberation 1 12
Rashtriya Lok Samta Party 1 0
Total 243

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